Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour is coming back to Sacramento.A former Black Angus restaurant on Watt Avenue is being remodeled with hopes of opening in late July.The chain of family creameries reached a peak of popularity in the 1970s, with four locations in Sacramento, only to disappear by 1990.Farrell's featured an atmosphere of fun, music and energy as servers in 1890s costumes danced, sang and entertained while serving huge portions of ice cream treats.The restaurant was famous for the "Farrell’s Zoo," a giant creation of ice creams, sherbets, bananas and toppings delivered on a wooden stretcher carried by two employees running around to the sound of a siren.In 1996, the Farrell’s brand was purchased by a new company, Parlour Enterprises, with plans to revive the original concept.Company President Michael Fleming said on the company Facebook site, there have been more requests for a franchise from Sacramento than any other city in the nation.There are five Farrell’s operating in California, with the latest opening in Riverside.The menu will feature such favorites as the "Pigs Trough" and "Farrell’s Zoo," along with malts, shakes, floats and sundaes.Also added to the menu are many new food items, plus lactose-free and sugar-free dessert treats.Fleming said he carefully researched the franchise's return to Sacramento in light of the September 1972 Farrell’s air crash disaster.Twenty-two people were killed when a World War II-era jet failed on takeoff from Sacramento Executive Airport, plowing into a Farrell’s restaurant on Freeport Boulevard.Among the dead were 12 children.Fleming said he talked with survivors and firefighters who were first-responders that day, who said enough time had passed to help heal the memories.Fleming said the new franchise will be an ongoing supporter of the Firefighters Burn Institute, which was organized following the crash to provide immediate, high-level care for burn victims.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —

Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour is coming back to Sacramento.

A former Black Angus restaurant on Watt Avenue is being remodeled with hopes of opening in late July.

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The chain of family creameries reached a peak of popularity in the 1970s, with four locations in Sacramento, only to disappear by 1990.

Farrell's featured an atmosphere of fun, music and energy as servers in 1890s costumes danced, sang and entertained while serving huge portions of ice cream treats.

The restaurant was famous for the "Farrell’s Zoo," a giant creation of ice creams, sherbets, bananas and toppings delivered on a wooden stretcher carried by two employees running around to the sound of a siren.

In 1996, the Farrell’s brand was purchased by a new company, Parlour Enterprises, with plans to revive the original concept.

Company President Michael Fleming said on the company Facebook site, there have been more requests for a franchise from Sacramento than any other city in the nation.

There are five Farrell’s operating in California, with the latest opening in Riverside.

The menu will feature such favorites as the "Pigs Trough" and "Farrell’s Zoo," along with malts, shakes, floats and sundaes.

Also added to the menu are many new food items, plus lactose-free and sugar-free dessert treats.

Fleming said he carefully researched the franchise's return to Sacramento in light of the September 1972 Farrell’s air crash disaster.

Twenty-two people were killed when a World War II-era jet failed on takeoff from Sacramento Executive Airport, plowing into a Farrell’s restaurant on Freeport Boulevard.

Among the dead were 12 children.

Fleming said he talked with survivors and firefighters who were first-responders that day, who said enough time had passed to help heal the memories.

Fleming said the new franchise will be an ongoing supporter of the Firefighters Burn Institute, which was organized following the crash to provide immediate, high-level care for burn victims.